Steven Savile is a New York Times and USA Today besteslling author, a finalist for multiple British Fantasy Awards, and has written for Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, Stargate, Warhammer, Sláine, Fireborn, Pathfinder, and other popular game and comic series. He wrote the story for the international bestselling computer game Battlefield 3, which sold over five million copies its first week, and served as head writer for the popular online children's game Spineworld. He is the coauthor, with Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, of H.N.I.C. and Ritual.